We bought a 40ft sailboat for $7000! But what did it ACTUALLY cost? Part 2

Hello all you wonderful and lovely viewers! You're probably here because you watched last week's video in which we gave you a boat tour! We walked you around our 1976 built sailboat and gave you the pros and cons of our boat ownership journey. If you haven't seen that video yet, you might want to check it out. But this video can stand by itself as well :) We asked you to leave any questions you had in the comments, and now we're here to answer them! While the central topic of this video discusses the additional costs that went into getting an old sailboat floating (for the first time in 30 years!!), we also answer the other questions you had. We have been living full time on our 12m sailboat for the last 4 years, starting in 2020! (You can check out our weekly sailing vlogs if you're interested in what that sort of life looks like). Before we moved onto our sailboat, we were living in a self-converted transit campervan, and before that we were living off of our bicycles, and before that we were living in a roof tent on top of a Subaru outback. If you stay till the end of the video, you can see what some of that looked like for us! All of that to say that moving onto a sailboat came with its own challenges, but we were already familiar with living an alternative lifestyle. Tasks like refilling a water tank, monitoring our energy consumption, and the daily unknowns (like 'where will we sleep tonight' or 'will we even sleep at all tonight') were not new to us. The novelty came from learning all of the more practical points of the sailing lifestyle. How to choose a spot to anchor, how to properly set an anchor, how to pick up a mooring, how to navigate tidal waters. You get the point. We were learning on the go. We mention at one point in the video how we were told over and over again by strangers and friends that the task we were taking on was not possible within the timeline we'd set for ourselves. We had just purchased a boat that hadn't been in the water for thirty years! It needed a deck finishing, the gunwhales shaping, toerails and a bowsprit and a mast and we had only good vibes, good music, and a massive selection of biscuits to keep us motivated. That being said, although we did manage to get this old yacht back on the water in the 3-month to float/ 6month to ready timeline we'd set ourselves, this boat cost us a little more money than we wanted it to. So after the original $7000 purchase, we budgeted $15,000 for getting it ready (not money we quite had to hand). Our best friend was the secondhand/ new old stock on ebay, and our next best friend was my (Karli) American talent of calling and emailing businesses to see if they were offering any promotions any time soon. But after all of those initial costs were tallied and totaled and smacked onto that sturdy credit card, things started to calm down again. It turns out, living on the water is actually an incredibly sustainable way of life! You'll see in the video what we reckon we spend on a monthly and yearly basis living aboard this old yacht. We haven't included a few of the luxury items we bought over the last couple of years, but we've listed them below. Hopefully this full transparent break down of our costs might help you if you're looking to buy an old boat. We have tried to include everything 'necessary for the boat'. Luxuries not inc have things like- -Fridge compressor kit for the cooler box (no fridge first year+ but the bilge was cool enough) 2/3yr purchase -electric shower sump/pump instead of manual pump (3rd year) -mini electric plug in heater -AC/dehumidifier machine (3rd year) -the making of our dinghy (the cheap kayak and Avon Redcrest we started with worked for 3 years) -redoing brightwork after initial *missed cost- teak deck caulk- Sika 290DC Pro 600ml box/20- 400? We have posted a vague cost of marinas but not included them in the totals as we feel people will be watching this trying to get an idea of the costs for their boat. For our boat in Britain, a marina cost would be around 30-34per night, in Scotland swinging moorings from the Highland councils were free or contribution based. In Spain (Atlantic coast) summer around 25-34euro. Per night/winter 17-23. In winter it is also possible to get 'winter rates' for 1-6month bookings. For some storms we would go in a marina. For others just sit out in a decent anchorage (at times this is a little nerving with 60knots wind- we now try to be in a secure marina for bad forecast storms). Most marinas in Spain were happy to let us fill the water tank for free. In Portugal, the water is paid for at fuel berth, at a busy and well known anchorage -there is even a water boat that goes around filling tanks for a reasonable price. Swinging moorings can range from free for a night, to 35. As always, thanks for watching. If you'd like to buy us a coffee to keep the videos coming, you can do so at the link below: https://buymeacoffee.com/theincompetentcrew See you next time :)